Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 25
... buildings , even ruinous buildings , should look firm and stable , for " what appears tottering and in hazard of tumbling produces in the spectator the painful emotion of fear , instead of the pleasant emotion of beauty " . The conceit ...
... buildings , even ruinous buildings , should look firm and stable , for " what appears tottering and in hazard of tumbling produces in the spectator the painful emotion of fear , instead of the pleasant emotion of beauty " . The conceit ...
Pagina 166
... buildings from the old . Even before the sackings , Rome's external glory was dwindling , under the assaults of Christians and the desertion of noble families who fol- lowed the emperor to the gorgeous capital in the east . Jerome ...
... buildings from the old . Even before the sackings , Rome's external glory was dwindling , under the assaults of Christians and the desertion of noble families who fol- lowed the emperor to the gorgeous capital in the east . Jerome ...
Pagina 169
... buildings should have been preserved by the loving reverence of the citizens . It was forbidden in future to damage any ancient buildings , under the intimidating penalty of being flogged and losing both hands . What had been appro ...
... buildings should have been preserved by the loving reverence of the citizens . It was forbidden in future to damage any ancient buildings , under the intimidating penalty of being flogged and losing both hands . What had been appro ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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